Rack for pool balls



Oct. 27, 1925- E. L. 'GUSTAFSON RACK Foa POOL BALLS 2 Shee't s-Sheet. 1

Filfid June 15 I 1925 Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

EDWARD L, ep s'rjlirsoly, F sunrises; NEBRASKA.

'BACKFQR POOL BALLs.

Application and June 13, 1925. serial No. 36,9 79.

Tb-hll whom t't jmwy conceive." y Be it known that I," EDWA DKL. GUSTAF-son, a cit zen of the Un ted States, res ding at l'rloldrege, in thecounty of Phelps and %S tate of Nebraska, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Racks for Pool Balls, of iwhiclr the following isa specification.

This invention. relates to racks for lhold-* ing the balls used on pooltables after they have been removed from the pockets, and for retainingthem until -the retaining or delivery slide of therack is releasedby theinsertion of a coin Mi-predetermined value; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the parts hereinafterfully described andclaimed. i In the drawings, Figure 1 is asideiview of a; rackconstructed according to this in vention. Fig. 2 is a rear,endviewof'thesame showingthe"deliveryslide, 3 is a side View f thecoin-controlledmechanism with. the coverremoved. Fig." e is a longitudinal sectionthrough the rack, taken on the line 49-4 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a front.

end view of one of the entrance chambers, showing the hole through whichthe balls are inserted. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan View, taken" onitheline 6-6 in-Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view, taken on theline 7-7 in Fig. 1. FiguS is a sectional plan view,-taken'ontl1e line8-8 in Fig. 3.

Two similar ball chambers 10 and 12are provided, and are arranged oneabove the M other. These two chambers are both alike,

and they arearranged at a slight inclination from the horizontal, sothat the balls will run alongthem; Eachchamberhas a slot 1&- in onesideso that. the balls can-be seen inside it; Each chamber has a similarentrance chamber 15 at the top of its higher end, and each entrancechamber" has an entrancehole 16 at its-frontend and. out er line i withthe ball chamber. Each entrance hole is made, ofa diameter thatWlllT-JllSl) permit aball to be entered-through wit,xand the bagll wheninserted ClI'OPSilIFOLlgll the en trancechamber and rolls down theinclined ball chamber pertaining to-it, i i. j

The object of the T-entrance chamber to trap the balls, and preventtheir removal from the machine except at its rear end, and after theinsertion of a coin. The-rear end portions of the two-ball-chambers 1Oand 12, are provided with asingle delivery slide -17 havin g a, 18EThetwoballb chambers are secured to uprights orbars 19,1

and these bars afford a means for securing the machineto apooltabl e,,or to any-{other suitable support,.such as the wall ofa pool room. Theslide 17 is slidable vertically in guldes 20 at thegrear endI-of-themachine, and; Whenraised by hand the; ballssin the upper ballchamber lO roll out of it through the opening 18, and the balls in the-lower ball chamber12eroll :OlltiOf it"below the bottom edge of theslide; 4

"The coin-operated mechanism is arranged between a 131M624: secured tothe "ball chambers, adjacent to the slide, and aremovable cover. 1 platesecured parallel to the plate 24... A blocl; 26 issecured between theplates 24* and 25, and is provided with a vertical guide channel 27 inwhich'a'; ooirfbar 28'is slidable-n The lower part ror extension29 ofthe -channel27 :forms the coin delivery chute. The cover plate 25lias a;holefl30- in its lower part for the insertion of a coin, and it hasavertical slot 81"above the hole 30. An operating "pin or handle32 issecured to the coin bar 28, and. projects throughthe slot 31, andafiords a. means for sliding the coin barup and down byhand. Astop plate3a is arranged to slidehorizontally in a guide 35 at the top. of thecoin chute 29,. and this plate 3 1 has a projection 36 which is slidablein one end portion ofthe guide 35 and in a rectangular guide notch 37inthe block 126. Aspring38 is rranged in the notch 37, and normallyholds the projectiongin the path of the-coin bar, asshown inFig, 1, andprevents it from being pushed down- Wftl'dly to itsfull extent "When,however, a coin isinsertedthrough the hole 30, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 3, and the coin is pushed down, I the coin retracts thestop plate 34, and is discharged jolown the chute 29, and permits theloweriend of the coin bar to pass the zstop plate YA closed banker coinreceptacle 41;. isarranged under the coin chute 27, andhaslahingeddtioir4. 2 provided-with any suitablelockl43. 1

.The "slide l T ha s-a projecting lug iel. which. projects between theplate24: and the coverl plate 25, :and45. is a pawl pivoted on a pin 4 tn t sa d, Pla s- Ih S--PWl is.

pressed arearwardly. at "its; lower end a:

7 its top,

from its lowered position in which it closes the delivery ends of theball-chambers. A projection i8 is formed on the. upper end portion ofthe coin bar 28, and when the coin bar is pushed dpwn past the stopplate 34, this projection 48 engages with the upper end portion 49 ofthe pawl, annxretracts its lower end so to permit the slide 17 to beraised by hand. I 1

The slide 17 has an arm 50 secured to.

and when the slide is raised this a'rni comes in 'contact'with aprojection "51 6p the coin bar,'whi'chprojecti'on may be ane'xteii'sio'nof the pin 32,, so that "the "coin "bar is raised automatically, and isrestored c'to its i'iormal position above 'the coin hole30, and out ofengagement with "the new. I

A toothed rack 521 is secured to the slide 17 and "a doubleactin'g "5 5pivoted by a'pin 56 to the "supporting bar 19 a'd ja'cent "to the slide,and is ;-=t d apted to en-- gage with the teeth of th'e'aack. spring 57holds the mares i'na horiiont'alpositi'on and clear of the teethof'tli'efrack at the ends of the 'stiolieof the slide. NVheii {the slideis raised-or lowered tlie 'teeth*tilttlie pawl 'o'n its fjpivot', "thepawl then prevent's'thefre'turn movement'ofthe slide until it has made"a full s'tr oke, aiid th'e pawl has' resumed it-s "horizontal position.This insures 1 a satisfactory working of the 'coin contr 'ol le dmechanism; y f p i p j A separate "machine is provided re eat pairofplayeis. The ballswhich'drop into the gpockets'of the pool *table iare-placejd byfthe party playing "them in one of "the ball "chambers, -andthe other. party places his ball'sin the otherb'all-chamber afterremoving them from the fpo'ckets; When all the balls have been pla'yed,'tlie balls are counted, {and the losi' party jpht s a coin into themachineandpuslres i tot-he bank, so that all tlie' ballsjcanibe{releasedThe game is resumed, ,a'n'd ffiiia-lly finished the proprietor bf thepob1*tab1e removes the @ei s'i em t 1e bank.

.Vli r 1; redi pr e h niaehinefof this sort the proprietor not have tobe on hand to *dolleefisparate coins atshorti'iitervalsy biit e'ah"llhifs'f iio'ii'ey atj'o1ie ti 1'iji'e' i f "play shaye'finis'liefd,and can' then' see'tlia t all'tlie ballsare reidy fo'rfothefplayers.

What claimfis: I 11. 111 a-rack'fo'r, "pee-1 balls, having an opening inwe abzill chamber 5 "1 6 7 fQ l ball's a ra t, pqmngana provided with an"entrance opening "in -"one (it its vee n sides.

ina'lly preeemin'gthe opening movement of the said slide, a blockprovided with a guide channel having aeem opening in one side, a'c'oin'push-bar s'lidablei' n "the upper part or the guide channel andprovided with means for retractingfthe "said pawl, and a retracti'blestop for the ipush bar arranged crosswise of the guide channel below thecoin" opening, the said push-bar operating positively to retract thepawl after retracting its stop by means of a co-in. v

'4. In a rack fo'r'poolballs, a combination of parts-asset 'fofrth inclaims, the said coin delivery slide being also provided with means forraising the coin pu'sh bai toits normal position when raisedto'openthe-ball chamber. j

5. In a rack for pool-balls,alball chamber; a slide normally closingthedeliveryend-of the ball chamber and provided with a projeo tion,apivoted pawl normally engaging with the'saidprojection and preventingthe opening movementf ocf the slide, coin-controlled devices providedwitli-means for retracting tliesaidipawl toreleasethefslide, and meanscarried by the. said slide and operating to release the pawlautomatically, when the slidefhas'be'en operated to release the balls;6; In a rack for ool balls, a ball cham ber,'a.slide normally closingthe delivery end of 'theo ball chamber and provided with a projection, apivoted "pawl normally --engaging with the said projection andpreventing the opening movement of the slide,coin-'c ontrolled devicesprovided with means for retractingjthe :said pawl to release the slide,and m eanswhichconstrain the said slide to make "a .fu'll' stroke ineach direction before moving in th'e'reverse direction.

7. In a, rack'for pool balls, {than chamber, a'lslide normallyclosingthe; delivery end of the ballfc'hambe'r-and {provided with aprojection, fa pivoted pawl normally engaging" with the said projectionand preventing :the opening movement of the slide,coin-controlleddeviees' provi dwithjmeansforretrabti'ng'the' said pawltorelease the slide, a b' id k; l d .t b'fil i id el l Divi e .i w b eaang revmp f6 gage "with the toothed rear and constrain hers, a singledelivery slide arranged vertia coin chute communicating With the coinrecally at the outlet ends of the ball chambers ceptacle, saidcoin-co11trolled mechanism op- 1 and common to both, a closed coinreceptacle crating normally to prevent the opening secured under thedelivery end portion of movement of the delivery slide.

the lower ball chamber, and coin-controlled In testimony whereof I haveaffixed my mechanism arranged at one side of the de signature.

livery end portions of the ball chambers above the coin receptacle andprovided with EDVARD L. GUSTAFSON.

